"preseeding" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2002, Brian H. Ross, Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theory, page 342:",
          "text": "The effects of seeding are assessed by comparing preseeding (or unseeded) estimates to the postseeding estimates.",
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          "text": "2004, Joey Hess, \"d-i preseed file version 0.1\", reprinted in Frank Ronneburg, 2005, Debian GNU/ Linux Anwenderhandbuch,\nSome parts of the installation process cannot be automated using some forms of preseeding, because the questions are asked before the preseed file is loaded."
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          "ref": "2005, Martin F. Krafft, The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques, →ISBN, page 426:",
          "text": "In addition to the preseed option, the boot command will then be longer than 100 characters, which defeats the purpose of preseeding -- a manual installation of Debian requires only twelve keystrokes before you are prompted for the root password.",
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          "ref": "2005: Frank Ronneburg, Debian GNU/Linux Anwenderhandbuch für Einsteiger, Umsteiger und Fortgeschrittene, page 124 (Pearson Education; ISBN 978‒3‒8273‒2303‒3)",
          "text": "This first command is run as early as possible, just after preseeding is read."
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          "ref": "2008, \"etch-n-half netboot problems\", Unix Linux Forum, Aug 18",
          "text": "I'm using preseeding over network(PXE)."
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        "a way to set answers to questions asked during the installation process, without having to manually enter the answers while the installation is running."
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          "ref": "2005, Martin F. Krafft, The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques, →ISBN, page 426:",
          "text": "In addition to the preseed option, the boot command will then be longer than 100 characters, which defeats the purpose of preseeding -- a manual installation of Debian requires only twelve keystrokes before you are prompted for the root password.",
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          "text": "This first command is run as early as possible, just after preseeding is read."
        },
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          "ref": "2008, \"etch-n-half netboot problems\", Unix Linux Forum, Aug 18",
          "text": "I'm using preseeding over network(PXE)."
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